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Special Tank

Bulky Pokémon that shrug off special attacks. Their high Special Defense makes them ideal for tanking energy-based moves.

Focus: special defense
Pokemon: 104

Classification Criteria

Special Defense is the highest stat and HP is above average.

⭐Top Special Tanks(by Total Stats)

lugia - Pokemon with psychic and flying type

lugia

psychicflying
Base Stats
680
HP
106
ATK
90
DEF
130
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
154
SPD
110
ho-oh - Pokemon with fire and flying type

ho-oh

fireflying
Base Stats
680
HP
106
ATK
130
DEF
90
SP.ATK
110
SP.DEF
154
SPD
90
latias - Pokemon with dragon and psychic type

latias

dragonpsychic
Base Stats
600
HP
80
ATK
80
DEF
90
SP.ATK
110
SP.DEF
130
SPD
110
goodra - Pokemon with dragon type

goodra

dragon
Base Stats
600
HP
90
ATK
100
DEF
70
SP.ATK
110
SP.DEF
150
SPD
80
articuno - Pokemon with ice and flying type

articuno

iceflying
Base Stats
580
HP
90
ATK
85
DEF
100
SP.ATK
95
SP.DEF
125
SPD
85
regice - Pokemon with ice type

regice

ice
Base Stats
580
HP
80
ATK
50
DEF
100
SP.ATK
100
SP.DEF
200
SPD
50

All Special Tank Pokemon(104)

lugia - Pokemon with psychic and flying type

lugia

psychicflying
Base Stats
680
HP
106
ATK
90
DEF
130
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
154
SPD
110
ho-oh - Pokemon with fire and flying type

ho-oh

fireflying
Base Stats
680
HP
106
ATK
130
DEF
90
SP.ATK
110
SP.DEF
154
SPD
90
latias - Pokemon with dragon and psychic type

latias

dragonpsychic
Base Stats
600
HP
80
ATK
80
DEF
90
SP.ATK
110
SP.DEF
130
SPD
110
goodra - Pokemon with dragon type

goodra

dragon
Base Stats
600
HP
90
ATK
100
DEF
70
SP.ATK
110
SP.DEF
150
SPD
80
articuno - Pokemon with ice and flying type

articuno

iceflying
Base Stats
580
HP
90
ATK
85
DEF
100
SP.ATK
95
SP.DEF
125
SPD
85
regice - Pokemon with ice type

regice

ice
Base Stats
580
HP
80
ATK
50
DEF
100
SP.ATK
100
SP.DEF
200
SPD
50
cresselia - Pokemon with psychic type

cresselia

psychic
Base Stats
580
HP
120
ATK
70
DEF
110
SP.ATK
75
SP.DEF
120
SPD
85
virizion - Pokemon with grass and fighting type

virizion

grassfighting
Base Stats
580
HP
91
ATK
90
DEF
72
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
129
SPD
108
tapu-fini - Pokemon with water and fairy type

tapu-fini

waterfairy
Base Stats
570
HP
70
ATK
75
DEF
115
SP.ATK
95
SP.DEF
130
SPD
85
nihilego - Pokemon with rock and poison type

nihilego

rockpoison
Base Stats
570
HP
109
ATK
53
DEF
47
SP.ATK
127
SP.DEF
131
SPD
103
scream-tail - Pokemon with fairy and psychic type

scream-tail

fairypsychic
Base Stats
570
HP
115
ATK
65
DEF
99
SP.ATK
65
SP.DEF
115
SPD
111
wo-chien - Pokemon with dark and grass type

wo-chien

darkgrass
Base Stats
570
HP
85
ATK
85
DEF
100
SP.ATK
95
SP.DEF
135
SPD
70
fezandipiti - Pokemon with poison and fairy type

fezandipiti

poisonfairy
Base Stats
555
HP
88
ATK
91
DEF
82
SP.ATK
70
SP.DEF
125
SPD
99
florges - Pokemon with fairy type

florges

fairy
Base Stats
552
HP
78
ATK
65
DEF
68
SP.ATK
112
SP.DEF
154
SPD
75
blissey - Pokemon with normal type

blissey

normal
Base Stats
540
HP
255
ATK
10
DEF
10
SP.ATK
75
SP.DEF
135
SPD
55
milotic - Pokemon with water type

milotic

water
Base Stats
540
HP
95
ATK
60
DEF
79
SP.ATK
100
SP.DEF
125
SPD
81
lapras - Pokemon with water and ice type

lapras

waterice
Base Stats
535
HP
130
ATK
85
DEF
80
SP.ATK
85
SP.DEF
95
SPD
60
blastoise - Pokemon with water type

blastoise

water
Base Stats
530
HP
79
ATK
83
DEF
100
SP.ATK
85
SP.DEF
105
SPD
78
umbreon - Pokemon with dark type

umbreon

dark
Base Stats
525
HP
95
ATK
65
DEF
110
SP.ATK
60
SP.DEF
130
SPD
65
probopass - Pokemon with rock and steel type

probopass

rocksteel
Base Stats
525
HP
60
ATK
55
DEF
145
SP.ATK
75
SP.DEF
150
SPD
40
sylveon - Pokemon with fairy type

sylveon

fairy
Base Stats
525
HP
95
ATK
65
DEF
65
SP.ATK
110
SP.DEF
130
SPD
60
tentacruel - Pokemon with water and poison type

tentacruel

waterpoison
Base Stats
515
HP
80
ATK
70
DEF
65
SP.ATK
80
SP.DEF
120
SPD
100
cryogonal - Pokemon with ice type

cryogonal

ice
Base Stats
515
HP
80
ATK
50
DEF
50
SP.ATK
95
SP.DEF
135
SPD
105
toedscruel - Pokemon with ground and grass type

toedscruel

groundgrass
Base Stats
515
HP
80
ATK
70
DEF
65
SP.ATK
80
SP.DEF
120
SPD
100
tinkaton - Pokemon with fairy and steel type

tinkaton

fairysteel
Base Stats
506
HP
85
ATK
75
DEF
77
SP.ATK
70
SP.DEF
105
SPD
94
ninetales - Pokemon with fire type

ninetales

fire
Base Stats
505
HP
73
ATK
76
DEF
75
SP.ATK
81
SP.DEF
100
SPD
100
orbeetle - Pokemon with bug and psychic type

orbeetle

bugpsychic
Base Stats
505
HP
60
ATK
45
DEF
110
SP.ATK
80
SP.DEF
120
SPD
90
politoed - Pokemon with water type

politoed

water
Base Stats
500
HP
90
ATK
75
DEF
75
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
100
SPD
70
claydol - Pokemon with ground and psychic type

claydol

groundpsychic
Base Stats
500
HP
60
ATK
70
DEF
105
SP.ATK
70
SP.DEF
120
SPD
75
cradily - Pokemon with rock and grass type

cradily

rockgrass
Base Stats
495
HP
86
ATK
81
DEF
97
SP.ATK
81
SP.DEF
107
SPD
43
alcremie - Pokemon with fairy type

alcremie

fairy
Base Stats
495
HP
65
ATK
60
DEF
75
SP.ATK
110
SP.DEF
121
SPD
64
dragalge - Pokemon with poison and dragon type

dragalge

poisondragon
Base Stats
494
HP
65
ATK
75
DEF
90
SP.ATK
97
SP.DEF
123
SPD
44
bellossom - Pokemon with grass type

bellossom

grass
Base Stats
490
HP
75
ATK
80
DEF
95
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
100
SPD
50
slowking - Pokemon with water and psychic type

slowking

waterpsychic
Base Stats
490
HP
95
ATK
75
DEF
80
SP.ATK
100
SP.DEF
110
SPD
30
altaria - Pokemon with dragon and flying type

altaria

dragonflying
Base Stats
490
HP
75
ATK
70
DEF
90
SP.ATK
70
SP.DEF
105
SPD
80
gothitelle - Pokemon with psychic type

gothitelle

psychic
Base Stats
490
HP
70
ATK
55
DEF
95
SP.ATK
95
SP.DEF
110
SPD
65
oranguru - Pokemon with normal and psychic type

oranguru

normalpsychic
Base Stats
490
HP
90
ATK
60
DEF
80
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
110
SPD
60
mantine - Pokemon with water and flying type

mantine

waterflying
Base Stats
485
HP
85
ATK
40
DEF
70
SP.ATK
80
SP.DEF
140
SPD
70
comfey - Pokemon with fairy type

comfey

fairy
Base Stats
485
HP
51
ATK
52
DEF
90
SP.ATK
82
SP.DEF
110
SPD
100
hypno - Pokemon with psychic type

hypno

psychic
Base Stats
483
HP
85
ATK
73
DEF
70
SP.ATK
73
SP.DEF
115
SPD
67
ludicolo - Pokemon with water and grass type

ludicolo

watergrass
Base Stats
480
HP
80
ATK
70
DEF
70
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
100
SPD
70
jellicent - Pokemon with water and ghost type

jellicent

waterghost
Base Stats
480
HP
100
ATK
60
DEF
70
SP.ATK
85
SP.DEF
105
SPD
60
mimikyu-disguised - Pokemon with ghost and fairy type

mimikyu-disguised

ghostfairy
Base Stats
476
HP
55
ATK
90
DEF
80
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
105
SPD
96
dewgong - Pokemon with water and ice type

dewgong

waterice
Base Stats
475
HP
90
ATK
70
DEF
80
SP.ATK
70
SP.DEF
95
SPD
70
cramorant - Pokemon with flying and water type

cramorant

flyingwater
Base Stats
475
HP
70
ATK
85
DEF
55
SP.ATK
85
SP.DEF
95
SPD
85
stunfisk - Pokemon with ground and electric type

stunfisk

groundelectric
Base Stats
471
HP
109
ATK
66
DEF
84
SP.ATK
81
SP.DEF
99
SPD
32
grumpig - Pokemon with psychic type

grumpig

psychic
Base Stats
470
HP
80
ATK
45
DEF
65
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
110
SPD
80
mr-mime - Pokemon with psychic and fairy type

mr-mime

psychicfairy
Base Stats
460
HP
40
ATK
45
DEF
65
SP.ATK
100
SP.DEF
120
SPD
90
tropius - Pokemon with grass and flying type

tropius

grassflying
Base Stats
460
HP
99
ATK
68
DEF
83
SP.ATK
72
SP.DEF
87
SPD
51
eldegoss - Pokemon with grass type

eldegoss

grass
Base Stats
460
HP
60
ATK
50
DEF
90
SP.ATK
80
SP.DEF
120
SPD
60
hitmonchan - Pokemon with fighting type

hitmonchan

fighting
Base Stats
455
HP
50
ATK
105
DEF
79
SP.ATK
35
SP.DEF
110
SPD
76
hitmontop - Pokemon with fighting type

hitmontop

fighting
Base Stats
455
HP
50
ATK
95
DEF
95
SP.ATK
35
SP.DEF
110
SPD
70
thievul - Pokemon with dark type

thievul

dark
Base Stats
455
HP
70
ATK
58
DEF
58
SP.ATK
87
SP.DEF
92
SPD
90
araquanid - Pokemon with water and bug type

araquanid

waterbug
Base Stats
454
HP
68
ATK
70
DEF
92
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
132
SPD
42
noctowl - Pokemon with normal and flying type

noctowl

normalflying
Base Stats
452
HP
100
ATK
50
DEF
50
SP.ATK
86
SP.DEF
96
SPD
70
sliggoo - Pokemon with dragon type

sliggoo

dragon
Base Stats
452
HP
68
ATK
75
DEF
53
SP.ATK
83
SP.DEF
113
SPD
60
chansey - Pokemon with normal type

chansey

normal
Base Stats
450
HP
250
ATK
5
DEF
5
SP.ATK
35
SP.DEF
105
SPD
50
kecleon - Pokemon with normal type

kecleon

normal
Base Stats
440
HP
60
ATK
90
DEF
70
SP.ATK
60
SP.DEF
120
SPD
40
volbeat - Pokemon with bug type

volbeat

bug
Base Stats
430
HP
65
ATK
73
DEF
75
SP.ATK
47
SP.DEF
85
SPD
85
illumise - Pokemon with bug type

illumise

bug
Base Stats
430
HP
65
ATK
47
DEF
75
SP.ATK
73
SP.DEF
85
SPD
85
clodsire - Pokemon with poison and ground type

clodsire

poisonground
Base Stats
430
HP
130
ATK
75
DEF
60
SP.ATK
45
SP.DEF
100
SPD
20
wormadam-plant - Pokemon with bug and grass type

wormadam-plant

buggrass
Base Stats
424
HP
60
ATK
59
DEF
85
SP.ATK
79
SP.DEF
105
SPD
36
togetic - Pokemon with fairy and flying type

togetic

fairyflying
Base Stats
405
HP
55
ATK
40
DEF
85
SP.ATK
80
SP.DEF
105
SPD
40
shiinotic - Pokemon with grass and fairy type

shiinotic

grassfairy
Base Stats
405
HP
60
ATK
45
DEF
80
SP.ATK
90
SP.DEF
100
SPD
30
ledian - Pokemon with bug and flying type

ledian

bugflying
Base Stats
390
HP
55
ATK
35
DEF
50
SP.ATK
55
SP.DEF
110
SPD
85
gothorita - Pokemon with psychic type

gothorita

psychic
Base Stats
390
HP
60
ATK
45
DEF
70
SP.ATK
75
SP.DEF
85
SPD
55
dustox - Pokemon with bug and poison type

dustox

bugpoison
Base Stats
385
HP
60
ATK
50
DEF
70
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
90
SPD
65
tinkatuff - Pokemon with fairy and steel type

tinkatuff

fairysteel
Base Stats
380
HP
65
ATK
55
DEF
55
SP.ATK
45
SP.DEF
82
SPD
78
floette - Pokemon with fairy type

floette

fairy
Base Stats
371
HP
54
ATK
45
DEF
47
SP.ATK
75
SP.DEF
98
SPD
52
lileep - Pokemon with rock and grass type

lileep

rockgrass
Base Stats
355
HP
66
ATK
41
DEF
77
SP.ATK
61
SP.DEF
87
SPD
23
mantyke - Pokemon with water and flying type

mantyke

waterflying
Base Stats
345
HP
45
ATK
20
DEF
50
SP.ATK
60
SP.DEF
120
SPD
50
spritzee - Pokemon with fairy type

spritzee

fairy
Base Stats
341
HP
78
ATK
52
DEF
60
SP.ATK
63
SP.DEF
65
SPD
23
lombre - Pokemon with water and grass type

lombre

watergrass
Base Stats
340
HP
60
ATK
50
DEF
50
SP.ATK
60
SP.DEF
70
SPD
50
tentacool - Pokemon with water and poison type

tentacool

waterpoison
Base Stats
335
HP
40
ATK
40
DEF
35
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
100
SPD
70
frillish - Pokemon with water and ghost type

frillish

waterghost
Base Stats
335
HP
55
ATK
40
DEF
50
SP.ATK
65
SP.DEF
85
SPD
40
dottler - Pokemon with bug and psychic type

dottler

bugpsychic
Base Stats
335
HP
50
ATK
35
DEF
80
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
90
SPD
30
toedscool - Pokemon with ground and grass type

toedscool

groundgrass
Base Stats
335
HP
40
ATK
40
DEF
35
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
100
SPD
70
spoink - Pokemon with psychic type

spoink

psychic
Base Stats
330
HP
60
ATK
25
DEF
35
SP.ATK
70
SP.DEF
80
SPD
60
clauncher - Pokemon with water type

clauncher

water
Base Stats
330
HP
50
ATK
53
DEF
62
SP.ATK
58
SP.DEF
63
SPD
44
drowzee - Pokemon with psychic type

drowzee

psychic
Base Stats
328
HP
60
ATK
48
DEF
45
SP.ATK
43
SP.DEF
90
SPD
42
seel - Pokemon with water type

seel

water
Base Stats
325
HP
65
ATK
45
DEF
55
SP.ATK
45
SP.DEF
70
SPD
45
eevee - Pokemon with normal type

eevee

normal
Base Stats
325
HP
55
ATK
55
DEF
50
SP.ATK
45
SP.DEF
65
SPD
55
shellos - Pokemon with water type

shellos

water
Base Stats
325
HP
76
ATK
48
DEF
48
SP.ATK
57
SP.DEF
62
SPD
34
clefairy - Pokemon with fairy type

clefairy

fairy
Base Stats
323
HP
70
ATK
45
DEF
48
SP.ATK
60
SP.DEF
65
SPD
35
swablu - Pokemon with normal and flying type

swablu

normalflying
Base Stats
310
HP
45
ATK
40
DEF
60
SP.ATK
40
SP.DEF
75
SPD
50
mime-jr - Pokemon with psychic and fairy type

mime-jr

psychicfairy
Base Stats
310
HP
20
ATK
25
DEF
45
SP.ATK
70
SP.DEF
90
SPD
60
flabebe - Pokemon with fairy type

flabebe

fairy
Base Stats
303
HP
44
ATK
38
DEF
39
SP.ATK
61
SP.DEF
79
SPD
42
baltoy - Pokemon with ground and psychic type

baltoy

groundpsychic
Base Stats
300
HP
40
ATK
40
DEF
55
SP.ATK
40
SP.DEF
70
SPD
55
goomy - Pokemon with dragon type

goomy

dragon
Base Stats
300
HP
45
ATK
50
DEF
35
SP.ATK
55
SP.DEF
75
SPD
40
vulpix - Pokemon with fire type

vulpix

fire
Base Stats
299
HP
38
ATK
41
DEF
40
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
65
SPD
65
tinkatink - Pokemon with fairy and steel type

tinkatink

fairysteel
Base Stats
297
HP
50
ATK
45
DEF
45
SP.ATK
35
SP.DEF
64
SPD
58
gothita - Pokemon with psychic type

gothita

psychic
Base Stats
290
HP
45
ATK
30
DEF
50
SP.ATK
55
SP.DEF
65
SPD
45
morelull - Pokemon with grass and fairy type

morelull

grassfairy
Base Stats
285
HP
40
ATK
35
DEF
55
SP.ATK
65
SP.DEF
75
SPD
15
budew - Pokemon with grass and poison type

budew

grasspoison
Base Stats
280
HP
40
ATK
30
DEF
35
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
70
SPD
55
milcery - Pokemon with fairy type

milcery

fairy
Base Stats
270
HP
45
ATK
40
DEF
40
SP.ATK
50
SP.DEF
61
SPD
34
dewpider - Pokemon with water and bug type

dewpider

waterbug
Base Stats
269
HP
38
ATK
40
DEF
52
SP.ATK
40
SP.DEF
72
SPD
27
ledyba - Pokemon with bug and flying type

ledyba

bugflying
Base Stats
265
HP
40
ATK
20
DEF
30
SP.ATK
40
SP.DEF
80
SPD
55
hoothoot - Pokemon with normal and flying type

hoothoot

normalflying
Base Stats
262
HP
60
ATK
30
DEF
30
SP.ATK
36
SP.DEF
56
SPD
50
hoppip - Pokemon with grass and flying type

hoppip

grassflying
Base Stats
250
HP
35
ATK
35
DEF
40
SP.ATK
35
SP.DEF
55
SPD
50
nickit - Pokemon with dark type

nickit

dark
Base Stats
245
HP
40
ATK
28
DEF
28
SP.ATK
47
SP.DEF
52
SPD
50
lotad - Pokemon with water and grass type

lotad

watergrass
Base Stats
220
HP
40
ATK
30
DEF
30
SP.ATK
40
SP.DEF
50
SPD
30
happiny - Pokemon with normal type

happiny

normal
Base Stats
220
HP
100
ATK
5
DEF
5
SP.ATK
15
SP.DEF
65
SPD
30
cleffa - Pokemon with fairy type

cleffa

fairy
Base Stats
218
HP
50
ATK
25
DEF
28
SP.ATK
45
SP.DEF
55
SPD
15
blipbug - Pokemon with bug type

blipbug

bug
Base Stats
180
HP
25
ATK
20
DEF
20
SP.ATK
25
SP.DEF
45
SPD
45